Crossword

Across

7. Key operator has a leading part in this work (5,8)

8. It's clear there's nothing missing from the party programme (8)

9. Kind of stone for citrus fruit (4)

10. Sharp pain produced by a needle (6)

12. Quote a wartime dictator about the origin of defeat (6)

14. It's nonsense to use compulsion with a learner (6)

16. A chest has been converted into a different container (6)

18. Come along - there's something to eat inside (4)

20. Mink, maybe, beneath an added frill (8)

22. Physics notes (13)

Down

1. Wall coating put round one square column (8)

2. Keep on saying sit-ins must be out of order (6)

3. Distressing feeling in each ear (4)

4. Letters of introduction? (8)

5. Conventually screened (6)

6. Check the forepart of the ship (4)

11. One of the top strongholds (4-4)

13. No recent alteration to the material (8)

15. The case of one engaged in a dance (6)

17. Favourable balance needed for sale on trust (6)

19. Country in which a lake turns up (4)

21. Strikes upset the boom (4)

Quick puzzle

Across

7. Wild guess (4,2,3,4)

8. Adventure (8)

9. Rim (4)

10. Crush (6)

12. Fashionable (6)

14. Rarely (6)

16. Naturist (6)

18. Quarrel (4)

20. Mournful (8)

22. Kill oneself (6,7)

Down

1. Build (8)

2. Layers (6)

3. Peruvian king (4)

4. Menace (8)

5. Stick (6)

6. Boast (4)

11. Dampness (8)

13. Deter (8)

15. Slander (6)

17. Straight (6)

19. Press (4)

21. Oaf (4)

Thursday's solutions

CRYPTIC - Across: 1 Uses; 8 Apocalypse; 9 Mattress; 10 Amps; 12 Remiss; 14 Lesson; 15 Pistol; 17 Gasket; 18 Stag; 19 Suit-case; 21 Armageddon; 22 Tint.

Down: 2 Strategist; 3 Salt; 4 Covers; 5 Vassal; 6 Bypasses; 7 Pets; 11 Procession; 13 Integral; 16 Listed; 17 Grinds; 18 Slap; 20 Cent.

QUICK - Across: 1 Asks; 8 Honourable; 9 Spotless; 10 Tool; 12 Fracas; 14 Exempt; 15 Sinner; 17 Cosset; 18 Dear; 19 Peerless; 21 Possession; 22 Keen.

Down: 2 Supportive; 3 Shut; 4 Unless; 5 Pursue; 6 Tactless; 7 Peel; 11 Oppressive; 13 Congress; 16 Repose; 17 Credit; 18 Dupe; 20 Link.